Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 01:04:35 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Yann Ramin <atrus@matadore.montereyhigh.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IA64 Message-ID: <4.2.0.56.19990708010021.041462e0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990708153710.B6035@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990708081844.17503@ns.int.ftf.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907071125170.20161-100000@matadore.montereyhigh.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990707120716.77528A-100000@shell-2.enteract. <4.2.0.56.19990707200123.00b36480@localhost> <19990708081844.17503@ns.int.ftf.net>
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At 03:37 PM 7/8/99 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >Are you implying that the 8080 was a high-end processor? At the time, it was. It was a darned sight better than the 8008. But that was longer ago. I was talking about the iAPX 432. The architecture of the iAPX 432 was truly inspired. But the chips were too expensive to make at the time, no one understood how good the basic architecture was, and there was no bus fast enough to allow the chips to shine. Intel has never had a flop like that since. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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